Gross Negligence in UK Law
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Gross Negligence Manslaughter by Omission
There has been much academic debate concerning criminal liability for omissions and the extent to which such liability should be extended. The focus here concerns a recent, unreported, conviction f...
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Gross Negligence Manslaughter on the Cusp
Despite playing a significant role in defining the boundaries of manslaughter, the ‘gross negligence’ concept is notoriously indeterminate. There is no comprehensible and consistent means of measur...
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Gross Negligence Manslaughter Revisited: Time for a Change of Direction?
This article postulates that the House of Lords took a wrong turn in Adomako, missing the opportunity to revise the Caldwell/Lawrence guidance on recklessness, to produce a more appropriate determi...
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Doctors Are Aggrieved—Should They Be? Gross Negligence Manslaughter and the Culpable Doctor
Doctors may also be criminals. Mercifully, this is a rare event but no health professional is infallible, mistakes happen and the challenge is to distinguish inadvertence from wilful disregard for ...
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Prosecuting ‘Gross’ Medical Negligence: Manslaughter, Discretion, and the Crown Prosecution Service
This article examines prosecutions of health care professionals for gross negligence manslaughter following fatal errors committed in the course of their work. Unease has long surrounded the use of...
- Ex Turpi Causa and Gross Negligence Manslaughter
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Gross Negligence Manslaughter: Is Prosecution of Doctors Always in the Public Interest and Is Specific Prosecutorial Guidance Needed?
There have been recent criticisms of the prosecution of doctors for gross negligence manslaughter (GNM) and the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has been under the spotlight. The CPS must make decis...
- Gross Negligence Manslaughter, Restaurant Owners and the Duty of Care
- Objectivity v Subjectivity—Gross Negligence Manslaughter Revisited: HKSAR v Mak Wan Ling (2019) 22 HKCFAR 321
- A Dangerous Situation: The Duty of Care in Gross Negligence Manslaughter
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